I always had a feeling he'd go like Bear Bryant did - gone just a few months after retiring. Despite all the negativity surrounding his past few months, the man will be respected for the bulk of the work he did at Penn State; unfortunately, the Sandusky scandal will always be a headline of his legacy, but of course, he has himself to blame. Still can't take away that he was a damn good football coach for longer than most of us have even been alive.
85 is much longer than I'll ever expect to live, so I don't feel horrible or shocked over his coming passing itself. I am, however, very sympathetic towards the fan for how he will be remembered. Even though he turned his back to a terrible situation, he was too old and sick to even articulate his side of the story. I think he deserved to go out with a lot more dignity.
Hopefully ESPN won't be at the hospital hunting down his family. But that's proabaly asking too much from them...
Joe Pa has now Died CBSSports CFB Blog @EyeOnCFB Follow Joe Paterno has died at the age of 85. bit.ly/yTSjxs RIP
Looking the other way and letting Sandusky do what he was doing is not a 'mistake'. It was horrible and rightfully destroyed whatever legacy he had by winning football games. Feel bad for his family, though. What a hellish year they've been through.
At that age, with cancer, and all the stress related to the Sandusky scandal certainly it was going to be difficult for him to survive, and now it is looking bad for him.
Mark Viera @markcviera Close Dan McGinn, the Paterno family spokesman, at 8:57 p.m. on reports about Joe Paterno's death: "Absolutely not true." Jeez. If this is true, the media fails yet again.
